Conditional Cash Transfers and Payments for Environmental Services-A Conceptual Framework for Explaining and Judging Differences in Outcomes

World Development

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-137

  Martin Persson, U ^a,b   Alpízar, Francisco ^c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Additionality; Conditional cash transfer; Developing countries; Payments for environmental services; Program evaluation; Targeting

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 84875389517     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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